As the Tri-State celebrates Memorial Day, businesses and groups in the area will offer discounts and special events for active and veteran military members as well as their families.
Workers with Diversified Construction & Design prepare to lay concrete for a new sidewalk on East Cedar Street outside of the Rialto theater and Sports Alley early Friday afternoon. El Dorado public works director Robert Edmonds said that the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of next week if rain does not overly delay work, is part of ongoing preparations for the 2023 Governor s Conference on Tourism, which will be hosted by El Dorado next month. Edmonds said additional sidewalk projects before the conference will include "one little section" of sidewalk behind the El Dorado Conference Center as well as repairs to the sidewalk on the corner of Locust and Washington. (Matt Hutcheson/News-Times)